---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational and response needs of the state."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational and response needs of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2340"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2340 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kessel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939a001d-bd79-4352-844e-73d8617f0f82"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8a1de698742eb8ba6d92327d8924eaa1e5b38de06925584596a7afb38db073e8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2340 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational and response needs of the state.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1248-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1248-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2340 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2340 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Kessel — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Request return from committee
- **2025-02-25** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Laid over two legislative days
- **2025-04-15** Laid over two legislative days
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/939a001d-bd79-4352-844e-73d8617f0f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).